Atomic Backland Skis - VIDEO

Atomic’s tag line is “We are Skiing” and with a full line of boots, bindings, goggles, helmets, poles, skins—in addition to skis, for racing, alpine, backcountry and cross country, it couldn’t be more true. Last week I got to experience Atomic’s prowess in the skiing market first hand while skiing with the company’s marketing and sales team at Solitude Mountain Resort in the Wasatch Mountains just outside Salt Lake City Utah. We were lucky enough to get 11” of pow followed by a blue bird day—which is a ski tester’s wet dream. We spent day one lapping groomers and slashing pow in bounds before heading out on day two for an inter resort ski tour between Solitude, Alta and Brighton resorts.

Watch the following video overview to get a better understanding of the Atomic Backland 107 and 117 featured and benefits.

Both days I was skiing on the Backland 107 Skis which we here at Backcountry Skiing Canada recently reviewed. These are the ideal width for resort and backcountry laps when there’s some pow to float through or push around. While the Backland 107 are not new for this season their bigger brother, the Backland 117’s are. These skis share the same construction as the 107 version, just in a wider format for those super-deep pow days.

The Atomic Backland ski line is divided into three categories, Backland Touring Endurance, Backland Touring Adventure and Backland Touring Freeride with a total of 12 skis in all. Within the Backland Touring Freeride category, there are three options, a 117, 107 and 100 version. In the Backland Touring Adventure, there are also three versions, the 95, 85 and 78. In the Backland Touring Endurance category, things get lighter and thinner with an 85, 78 and 65 version. The Backland’s also come in women’s specific skis with a 107, 98, 85 and 78 versions. And yes, Atomic also has skins made by Colltex which fit each and every Backland versions available.

All the Backland Skis have what Atomic calls their HRZN Tech Tip & Tail, this is essentially horizontal rocker which runs across the tips and tails to increase the surface area a full 10%. This allows the Backlands to better track in chop and broken snow with less tip deflection and improved float in deeper snow. With a rocker/camber/rocker profile, the Backland's are made to ski powder while the Ultra Power Woodcore and Carbon Backbone keep them lightweight for the up-track.